Peter Shilton is England's most-capped male player with 125 appearances, and 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1986 World Cup in which Diego Maradona's Hand of God bounced over his outstretched arms in Mexico City. An Evening with Peter Shilton at Medina Theatre on 30 May puts that moment and the three decades of international football around it into direct conversation with a World Cup year audience.
Shilton's career covered Leicester City, Stoke, Nottingham Forest twice, and Southampton, and he represented England across three World Cups and two European Championships. The evening at Medina Theatre is structured as a conversation rather than a monologue: the host brings specific questions and the stories Shilton tells are drawn from contemporaries and incidents that the archive footage cannot fully capture. The theatre has good sightlines and a loyal audience for sports-biography evenings.
Tickets around £31.50, VIP options available. Book through Medina Theatre. Good for football supporters and sports fans. More community and sport events on the Isle of Wight this spring.